Combined bar pin, pendant, and choker



March 24, 1931. J F. SULGER ET AL COMBINED BAR PTN, PENDANT, AND CHOKER Filed July 20, 1929 Patented Mar. 24, 1931 rrsn STATES PATENT DFFICE JOSEPH F. SULGER AN D SOLOMON KAUFMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.-

COMBINED BAR PIN, PENDANT, AND CHOKER Application filed July 20,

Our invention relates to an article of jewelry so constructed that by a simple operation it may be converted from a pendant into a choker or into a bar pin, the latter transformation being accomplished by the application to the pendant structure in an open position, of a simple additional portion. The specific object of our invention is to provide a construction of an article of jewelry which 10 may be worn as a pendant, a choker, or a bar pin, the operation converting the article from one kind of ornamental piece to another being simple and easily accomplished and consuming practically no appreciable time. Further objects will appear from the description hereinafter.

A specific embodiment of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters identify similar parts in the several views. In said drawings Fig. 1 illustrates our new article of jewelry in its form of a pendant;

Fig. 2 shows the article having its two arms in partially extended position to constitute a choker;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the article with its arms completely extended in their positions to form a bar pin; 7

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the article with only one of its arms extended to its horizontal, bar pin position, the other being shown in its vertical, pendant position;

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the article with its arms in-bar pin position;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the article shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 illustrates in rear elevation, a form of pin structure to be applied to the article 40 in its position shown in Fig. 5 to convert the same into a bar pin;

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the pin structure;

Fig. 9 isan assembly iew showing the pin member applied to the article of Fig. 5;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged section along the line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, our combined pendant and bar pin comprises arm members 10 and 11 pivotally en- 50 gaged by a central ornamental element 12 and 1929. Serial No. 379,628.

disposed so that their adjacent sides are contiguous whenin the pendant position illustrated in Fig. 1. These arm members may, of course, be of any suitable configuration so long as in their closed position they present an ensemble effect decorative and pleasing in appearance. They are provided with eyelets 13, 14: to which may be attached, in the usual manner, a cord or chain 15 for suspending the device from the neck as a pendant. The arms are attached to the central element 12 by suitable pivot means 16, 17 and are adapted to be swung thereon from the position in which their adjacent edges are contiguous to a position in which they are horizontally disposed a in line with each other, or to any position intermediate therebetween, as for instance, that shown in Fig. 2.

The reverse side of the central element 12 is provided with a plurality of abutment pieces 18, 19 and 20, the first of these being disposed centrally of the pivots 16 and 17 and serving to limit the extent of revolution of the arms about their respective pivots to a vertical position and the latter two limiting their movement to the horizontal position. Thus, when the arms have revolved about their respective pivots a suflicient amount to bring them to the position in which they are vertical '(for the pendant position) or in which they are horizontal (for the bar pin position) their movement will be limited by the abutment of their respective end faces against the pieces 18, 19, and 20, as the case ma be, defining their positions for the particuar form of ornamental jewelry with certainty and dispatch. The central element 12 will thus be, at all times, in a vertical position with respect to the arm members, its center line being parallel to the lines defining the meeting edges of the arms. The element 12 may thus be made with any symmetrical facial designand is not restricted to a design concentric in form in order to maintain the desired harmonious design of the ensemble. Except for the presence of the abutment pieces on the central element 12, said element would not automatically assume a position in which its center line is in line with the meeting edges of arms 10 and 11 in .proaching that of a bar the pendant position, and perpendicular thereto in the bar pin position.

The arms 10 and 11 are provided on their reverse sides with keepers 21 and 22 (see Figs. 4 and 5) into which are adapted to fit proj ections 23 and 24 of the rod 25 'of the pin member forming a separate and distinct portion of the inventive structure. This pin member is provided with a snap catch 26 depending from the rod 25 and adapted to enter the recess 27 of socket 28 projecting from the center of member 12. The resilient portion of catch 26 is grooved as at 29 for abutment against a cooperating flanged surface 30 on the interior of socket 28 when the catch 26 has been inserted therein. (See Fig.10.) A slight groove 31 in the exposed portion of the catch facilitates compression of the two snap members of the catch when it is desired to remove the same from its socket. The two projections 23 and 24 are housed in their respective keepers 21 and 22 at the same time that the catch 26 is inserted into its socket 28. These three points of engagement of the bar 25 with the arms 10 and 11 and central element 12 serve to hold the arms against movement on their pivots giving the entire structure a rigidity appin made of a single piece of metal.

The pin member is provided with the usual impaling device or spit 32 pivoted at one end of the rod as at 33. Thepointed end of the spit is adapted to be engaged with any approved latch 33'.

The article may obviously be provided with means for mounting precious jewels on any of its parts or faces thereof, a mounting 34 to receive a precious stone 35 being shown in the central element 12. i

The entire ensemble of our new article of jewelry is characterized by a pleasingly harmonious design in any position of its component portions. As a-pendant, usually suspended from the neck by a comparatively long chain, such harmony of design is particularly striking because of the symmetrical or complementary outline of the decorative faces of the arm members welding with that of the central element upon which the are pivoted. The contiguous portions 0 the arm members may, with our new device, he so designed, as illustrated, that the harmony and completeness of its decorative characteristics are not destroyed when the device friction of the curved end surfaces of the arms 10 and 11 against abutment piece 18 is suflicient to rigidly maintain the arm members in their partially extended positions in the choker form shown in Fig. 2.

In the bar pin arrangement of our new article of jewelry, we obtain the same harmony of design characterizing the pendant forms without loss of the rigidity and solidity obtained in a bar pin made integrally. The pin is easily assembled and the conversion of our device fromone form to another is attended with no difficulties but, onv the contrary, is a simple, mechanical operation.

Various modifications may be made in the construction of our new and novel device without departing from the spirit of our invention. For instance, instead of .using the particular form of pin member and the method of its attachment to the body of the article, as shown and described, a set screw arrangement whereby the rod 25 may be detachably secured to the central element 12, may be employed. We have found the form illustrated to be preferable. The possible modifications of the arrangement, however, are too numerous to describe and illustrate.

We claim:

An article of jewelry comprising a central element and two arm members of symmetrical design andoutline mounted on pivots on said central element to formtherewitha pendant, said arms being adapted to be swung on their pivots to a position in which their complementary edges are in line with each other to form, with said central element, a bar pin, keepers on said arms near their outer ends, a bar element-provided with projections adapted to engage said keepers for locking said members and central element in said aligned position and an impaling device mounted on said element;

JOSEPH F. SULGER. SOLOMON KAUFMAN N.

is converted into a choker or a bar pin. In

the choke;- form illustrated in Fig. 2, our device is preferably suspended from the neck by a cord or chain somewhat shorter than that used for the pendant form in order that it may assume a positionclose to the neck, although a choker effect is obtained by the mere effective shortening of the suspending string by the separation of the eyelets from their superposed positions shown in Fig.1. The friction of pivots 16 and 17 aided by the 

